Grit is the unyielding resolve to keep moving forward, even when the path is steep and the journey long.
It’s about determination, resilience, and the power to keep going when others might falter.
Here are words from those who’ve captured the spirit of grit, inspiring us to embrace challenges and persevere.
Best Grit Quotes
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Confucius
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” – William Arthur Ward
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar
“The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.” – George Washington
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
“The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
“A river cuts through rock not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – James N. Watkins
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” – Abraham Lincoln
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” – William Feather
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius
“Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” – Angela Duckworth
“Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.” – Rocky Balboa
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.” – Napoleon Hill
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pelé
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem
“The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” – Aisha Tyler
“Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.” – Julie Andrews
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Quincy Adams
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” – James A. Michener
“Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.” – W. Clement Stone
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
“The brick walls are there for a reason. They are not there to keep us out. They are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” – Randy Pausch
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton
“A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.” – George M. Moore Jr.
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
“Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.” – Anonymous
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” – William Faulkner
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.” – Marian Wright Edelman
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.” – Robert Tew
“A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
“The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” – Paulo Coelho
“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.” – Amos Bronson Alcott
“Do not be embarrassed by your failures; learn from them and start again.” – Richard Branson
“Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.” – Mike Ditka
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.” – Robert C. Savage
“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” – Plutarch
“The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Anonymous
“Through perseverance, many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“I am convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
“Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther
“I’ve learned that champions aren’t just born; champions can be made when they embrace and commit to life-changing positive habits.” – Lewis Howes
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” – Marv Levy
“The moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment right before a miracle happens.” – Anonymous
